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For example, in sickle-cell disease, the 17th nucleotide of the gene for the Beta Chain of Hemoglobin found on Chromosome 11 is erroneously changed from the Codon GAG (for Glutamic Acid ) to GTG (which codes Valine ), so the sixth amino acid is incorrectly substituted.